Husky blowers

[Mark Bolam]

Ditto everything Matty just said.

 

New 86 powerful with awesome AV, but my old one has gone 7 years without any problems. Or care!

[John Shutler]

ive got a br85 and a big backpack blower, the big one is great cleanup in no time, but we shall see how long it lasts

my br85 gets so much abuse, gets left in the back of the truck in the rain, came out 1 day and it was in 3 inches of water in the back of the pickup and it was good as gold.handy little blower

[Frankie Lawrence]

weve got an ancient hand held i forget the name but its about 15 years old and it is comin to its day and weve also got the bg what ever number the backpck one and thats pretty grand thats about 6 years maybe its had a coupole of problems but stihl do aa petty good blower

[jonathan hall]

ive had a couple bg86' s very good. had stihl backpacks too, which are great - lasted well - 5 years plus blowing on estates ( hard work ).

the bg86 is hardier than it looks too, groundie put one under my truck during the day, it was on rough ground so when i pulled away i thought i was going over a bump.

she's got some rubber marks on her and an ill fitting air filter, but all in all, survived a 130 landy on top of it!

trashes clean up times, totaly indespensible kit:001_smile:

Edited February 7, 2010 by jonathan hall

[armchairarborist]

my friend (gardener) bought a new cheapo blower, think it was ryobi or something, after less than a minute you couldnt feel your hand.. get a stihl everytime.

[Ian C]

my friend (gardener) bought a new cheapo blower, think it was ryobi or something, after less than a minute you couldnt feel your hand.. get a stihl everytime.

 

Thats why i like pro kit, its the long term vib white finger/HAV thing that worries me. A mate of mine (not a tree surgeon) keeps going on about a guy he knows (tree surgeon) and why i buy new kit whilst this other guy still uses a 15 yr old top handle, as though he's a bit of a hero or sommat, i keep tellin him it will catch up when he's old. Vibration is a major issue IMO.

[Jonesie]

the other thing is getting a stihl one, with their distance selling rules and my local stihl dealer being not much use. mail order is a big plus. cheers for the replies.

 

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the same rules now apply for Husky as well.

[Mark Bolam]

Thats why i like pro kit, its the long term vib white finger/HAV thing that worries me. A mate of mine (not a tree surgeon) keeps going on about a guy he knows (tree surgeon) and why i buy new kit whilst this other guy still uses a 15 yr old top handle, as though he's a bit of a hero or sommat, i keep tellin him it will catch up when he's old. Vibration is a major issue IMO.

 

Spot on mate.

 

These guys won't look so heroic in a few years time when they can't even pick a pint up.

 

I know loads of old cutters from Kielder with serious HAVS, and it isn't very nice, to put it mildly.

 

Buy cheap. Buy twice. And wave your w**king days goodbye!

[mikecotterill]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the same rules now apply for Husky as well.

 

 

 

what! its sort of understandable with tophandles etc, but come on its hardly likely to get a serious injury from a blower! their taking the mick.

so now ive got the option of paying list price from my local dealer- dont think so.

or buying one off ebay, welcome to the world of h+s gone mad!

[Frankie Lawrence]

Thats why i like pro kit, its the long term vib white finger/HAV thing that worries me. A mate of mine (not a tree surgeon) keeps going on about a guy he knows (tree surgeon) and why i buy new kit whilst this other guy still uses a 15 yr old top handle, as though he's a bit of a hero or sommat, i keep tellin him it will catch up when he's old. Vibration is a major issue IMO.

 

When did anit vib mounts come on to saws then?